January 25, 2007
The Superfun, Fabulous, MS Paint Perfected Craigslist Ad
There's a widely known secret that an ad on Craigslist with that little "pic" indication next to it gets more clicks. No matter what the category, including a pic of some sort will likely get the posting a little more attention than the next guy. If you title your post "Most Fun Post You'll See on CL Today - GUARANTEED! – 27" and include many pictures, only disbelief will draw us in. Earlier this month a poster took to MS Paint to create some wonderful images to illustrate the earlier mentioned title. The basics, a man seeking woman in the Boston area Getting down to the basic yes and no qualities the poster is looking for is essential
…the "ok" quirks:It all wraps up with a giant red question mark where the night might end. He's making guarantees – if you don't find his post funny you've just won a date. If you find his post funny you've just won a date. Sounds like a win-win. Too bad he doesn't go for zombies.
- You drink. That's ok. I drink sometimes, too. I don't get hammered every Thursday through Sunday, and I'd prefer if you didn't, but I also am not a Mormon (it may be ok if you are, unless you are Mitt "Glove" Romney. We talked about this, Mr. Romney...).
- You wear glasses. I dig glasses. As long as they're not the huge blue plastic frames that I had when I was in 8th grade. Where did you find those? I've been looking for them.
- You're a student. That's cool, too. Unless it's "high school student." That's illegal.… note some "less acceptable" quirks:
- You smoke. I don't dig that. Smoking makes me cough, and coughing is no fun.
- You have giant buck teeth. I've got no problem with people who don't have perfectly straight/white teeth, but I'm not a huge fan of bad dental hygiene. Please brush your teeth - your dentist will like you.
- You are dead, or undead. Zombies and vampires, please fuck off.
Image, from the craigslist post, is a detailed depiction of the poster.


